Imaging/Reimaging: Original Partition Size vs New Partitiion Size

[(PeteCresswell)]

XP Pro running on a very small laptop.

I've got the system of a 4-gig "C" drive.

All the programs (e.g. MS Office) are installed on a 12-gig "P"
drive.

Each drive is a separate device (SDD).

I've imaged both C: and P:. P: was less than half full
when the image was taken.

What I'd like to do is re-partition the device that P: is on,
taking a few gigs from P: and creating a "D:" drive.

Question: Will I be able to restore all my program files to P: by
re-imaging it from the image generated when P: was larger -
albeit only half full? Or does the partition an image is
restored to have tb exactly the same size as the partition the
image was take from?

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:40:08 PM, and on a
whim, (PeteCresswell) pounded out on the keyboard:

XP Pro running on a very small laptop.

I've got the system of a 4-gig "C" drive.

All the programs (e.g. MS Office) are installed on a 12-gig "P"
drive.

Each drive is a separate device (SDD).

I've imaged both C: and P:. P: was less than half full
when the image was taken.

What I'd like to do is re-partition the device that P: is on,
taking a few gigs from P: and creating a "D:" drive.

Question: Will I be able to restore all my program files to P: by
re-imaging it from the image generated when P: was larger -
albeit only half full? Or does the partition an image is
restored to have tb exactly the same size as the partition the
image was take from?

Hi Pete,

I guess that depends on the method and software used. It may be a
complete image (sector by sector capture of the entire partition/drive
(whether blocks in those sectors are in use or not) or simply a
file/folder based image that only captures files/folders/structure that
are active blocks on the drive and not any "unused block" sector data.

--
Terry R.

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